Zicatela surf break

Zicatela surfForecast / Oaxaca / Mexico

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 CST
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Zicatela surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Zicatela sea temperature is
29.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Zicatela today?

The current surf forecast for Zicatela at 2PM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Afternoon (19 Apr)4ft (1.2m)15s
Evening (19 Apr)4ft (1.2m)15s

Table - waves today at Zicatela. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
1
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)161616161515151414141414141418181817171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3266366204066886276196225295215144874603725226326326175895421077929882906
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
SE
15
S
10
S
5
SW
0
NNW
0
NNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
N
5
ESE
15
S
10
S
5
SW
5
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:40AM
0.82
4:13PM
1.26
4:30AM
0.85
5:04PM
1.28
5:21AM
0.88
5:54PM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:34AM
0.02
10:48PM
0.05
10:26AM
-0.03
11:36PM
0.03
11:18AM
-0.05
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise--6:11-------6:09-------6:09-----
Sunset-----6:43-------6:44-------6:44--
part cloud
clear
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
--1-21--------1-----1221
Temp. °C272628302928282727262930302928272727303130292728
Feels °C (?)313031323232333131293332323232303030333232333032
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